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She began sharing the recipe after Hurricane Katrina and the floods at the request of displaced friends. Helping out-of-towners is one reason chef Kevin Belton included a king cake recipe in his 2016 cookbook “Kevin Belton’s Big Flavors of New Orleans,” written with Rhonda Findley.
Belton remembers when the big dogs of the New Orleans king cake world were McKenzie’s, Gambino’s, Haydel’s and Lawrence’s. “Then all of a sudden, other places started to make them,” Belton said, and the variety exploded. “That’s one of the great things about king cake,” he said. “It is just like all the different traditional New Orleans dishes.
Chef Kevin will even autograph your copy! Please know, a portion of cookbook sales benefits WYES and helps make series like this possible. *Photograph and recipe excerpts from Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana by Kevin Belton. Photography by Denny Culbert.
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